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Being Human 2012

Jay Williams, Ph.D. | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Yoga, Mindfulness, Meditation, Psychology, San Francisco, Wisdom 2.0, Being Human 2012, Yoga Journal Conference, Healthy Living News
Jay Williams, Ph.D.

San Francisco has become the hot spot for the rapidly-growing think tank movement. Recent interdisciplinary conferences, including Wisdom 2.0 and the Yoga Journal Conference, have begun integrating a range of topics geared toward maintaining balance and humanity in our business and technology-oriented culture.

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Your Body As An iPhone App

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 09.29.2011

Read More: Technology, Wisdom 2.0, Health, Healthy Living Health News, Consciousness, Apps, Healthy Living Spirit, Apps for Your Health, Technology and Health, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

While we want the newest and coolest app available in the app store, more people are realizing that taking care of themselves amidst an increasingly-connected life is paramount.

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It's All Happening at the Zoo

Michael J. McCarthy | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Seeing, Vision, Inner Child, Complacency, Fresh Perspective, Hope, The Denver Zoo, Stagnation, Spiritual, Inner Living, Wisdom 2.0, Love, Innocence, Life, Denver News
Michael J. McCarthy

I went to the Denver Zoo recently to reflect. Quite often, a change of scenery helps give me a fresh perspective.

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8 Twitter Tips For Making Deeper, More Meaningful Connections

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Social Media, Twittering, Wisdom, Twitter, Mindfulness, Social Networking, Wisdom 2.0, Spirituality, Spiritual Practice, Twitter Tips, Healthy Living News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

Is there a way beyond straight sharing of trivial information? Can Twitter be used to add more meaning into one's life? I think so.

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Wisdom 2.0 Panel Explores The Power Of New Media For Inner And Outer Transformation

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Urban Zen TED Talks, Social Media, Social Media Activism, Derrion Albert, Wisdom, TED Talks, Dan Harris, Social Networking, Activism, Russell Simmons, Urban Zen, New Media, Social Media Zen, New Media Social Networking, TED Prize, Wisdom 2.0, Healthy Living News
Alison Rose Levy

What are the actual up- and downsides of social media's impact on spiritual awareness, compassion, authentic interconnection and social transformation?

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15 Percent of People Take Phone Calls While Having Sex! Really?

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cell Phones, Wisdom, Mindfulness, Sex, Meaning, Technology, Wisdom 2.0, Happiness, Technology News
Soren Gordhamer

This is our challenge: to live consciously connected, and create a world that is as wise in inner technologies of mindfulness, wisdom and compassion as it is developed in the external technologies.

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What Is Your Place In The World?

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Living News, Wisdom, Featured Contributor, Transformation, Dr. Judith Rich, Mary Oliver, Technology, Huffington Post, Wisdom 2.0, Life Fitness Coaching Boot Camp, Rx for the Soul, The Other, The Inner Life, Humans, Humanity, Spirituality, Gulf Oil Spill 2010, Healthy Living News
Dr. Judith Rich

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with this one wild and precious life?" Mary Oliver I just re...

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The Wisdom 2.0 Conference: Merging Wisdom and Technology

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Google, Facebook Social Network, Twitter, Mindfulness Meditation, Wisdom 2.0 Conference, Wisdom 2.0, Spiritual Life, Wisdom Technology, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

It seemed like a crazy idea when it popped into my mind two years ago: bring technology leaders together, along with people from wisdom traditions, to explore the intersection of the two.

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Wisdom 2.0 Conference Blends Technology and Spirituality (VIDEO)

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Inner Life, Spiritual Living, Wisdom 2.0 Recap, Spiritual Living Tips, Wisdom 2.0 Video, Wisdom 2.0 Conference, Wisdom 2.0, Video, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

Last month, 350 people gathered in Silicon Valley for the first annual Wisdom 2.0 conference. For those that couldn't make it, here is a 6-minute video of highlights from the conference.

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Wisdom 2.0. -- The Tale of the Zen Master and the Chess Game

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Google, Twitter, Meaning, Wisdom 2.0 Conference, Wisdom 2.0, Spirituality, Facebook Social Network, Spirituality Technology, Mindfulness Meditation, Spiritual Life, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

There is no question for most of us ifwe are going to live a connected life, use cell phones, read blogs, and engage on social networks. The real question is how are we going to do so?

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Why HOW Matters So Much More Than WHAT

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Wisdom, Information Overload, Mindfulness, Meaning, Wisdom 2.0 Conference, Conference, The Inner Life, Wisdom 2.0, Spirituality, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

It does not matter the activity, it could be running, emailing, texting, a meeting with a colleague, the what we are doing is so much less important than the how we are doing it.

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Google, Facebook, Twitter, and the Wisdom 2.0 Conference

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twitter, Wisdom 2.0 Conference, Purpose, Facebook, Wisdom 2.0, Mindfulness, Meaning, Google, Technology News
Soren Gordhamer

How do we live a full, meaningful lives now, while engaging with the technologies of our age? The technologies themselves are generally neither good nor bad; it is the quality of consciousness with which we relate to them that matters.

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The Wisdom 2.0 Conference: Balancing Inner And Outer Technologies

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Wisdom, Information Overload, Mindfulness, Meaning, Wisdom 2.0 Conference, Conference, The Inner Life, Wisdom 2.0, Spirituality, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

he new tools of our age are changing media as we know it, making it much more user-directed and transparent. But while there are many benefits to these new technologies ... happiness is something else.

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The Primary And Secondary Questions: Spirituality And Technology

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Wisdom, Information Overload, Mindfulness, Meaning, Wisdom 2.0 Conference, Conference, Wisdom 2.0, Spirituality, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

How to best use the technologies of our age is always a secondary question: the primary question is "What is the deeper purpose that life wants to express through me?"

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The Wisdom 2.0 Conference: Can Technology And Wisdom Unite?

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Information Overload, Wisdom 2.0 Conference, Wisdom, Conference, Mindfulness, Wisdom 2.0, Meaning, Spirituality, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

to address the numerous challenges of our age, the various groups in our world -- the techies with their gadgets, the wisdom folks with their practices, the activists with their campaigns -- need to come together.

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My Interview With Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh, On Happiness

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Happiness, Purpose, Wisdom 2.0, Life Purpose, Tony Hsieh, Zappos, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

What ties everything together and really helps us achieve our greater purpose is that Zappos is about delivering happiness.

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Twitter And the Dalai Lama: Can Social Media Help Create a Happier World?

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Be-Mindful, Twittering, Twitter, Consciousness, Mindfulness, Self-Improvement, Wisdom 2.0, Tweets, Self-Help, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

I hear it quite a bit, including comments here on Huffington Post: "Twitter is useless. It is just people with big egos trying to promote themselves. ...

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The 5 Keys to Twitter's Success

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twittering, Twitter, Wisdom 2.0, Tweets, Twitterati, Media News
Soren Gordhamer

Twitter has succeeded in part because it allows people to have their own broadcasting network, a means to share and comment on both what they like and dislike that is occurring the world.

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Is it Taking Over? Study: People Tweeting from Cars and Toilets

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Addiction, Twittering, Twitter, Consciousness, Wisdom 2.0, Tweets, Self-Help, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

Few us will renounce social networks, but we should follow the Zen lesson relevant for our time: "When driving, just drive; when pooping, just poop; and when tweeting, just tweet."

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Internet Addiction: How Big Is It?

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Wisdom 2.0, Stress Reduction, Happiness, Internet Addiction, Addiction, Recovery, Addiction & Recovery, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

Internet addiction is upon us... how big is the problem?

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Why It May No Longer Help to Be a Liberal

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Wisdom 2.0, Buddha, Spirituality, Helath Care, Buddhsim, Twitter, Liberals, Buddhist, Evan Williams, Healthcare Debate, Republicans, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

Can we step out of our identities that are constantly looking for ways to justify themselves and to put down the other, and open to a deeper presence and wisdom?

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Can You Be Conscious in a Coporation? A Yogi at Google Says Yes

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yoga, Consciousness, Mindfulness, Self-Improvement, Wisdom 2.0, Self-Help, Google, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

More people today who seek to live with deeper mindfulness and wisdom want to do so within their modern lives, including while working in corporate America.

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The Art of Mindful Tweeting . . .

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twittering, Self-Improvement, Twitter, Consciousness, Wisdom 2.0, Tweets, Self-Help, Be-Mindful, Mindfulness, Media News
Soren Gordhamer

Every act we make impacts the world. While we need to decide what acts to perform, the real issue is not just what we decide to do, but how present we are when we do them.

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5 Steps to Using Twitter and Facebook Consciously

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twittering, Self-Improvement, Twitter, Consciousness, Wisdom 2.0, Facebook, Tweets, Self-Help, Media News
Soren Gordhamer

I know it can seem impolite to unfollow a user on Twitter or unfriend someone on Facebook, but I think the goal is not to communicate with as many people as possible, but to have authentic communication with those we do.

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Twitter: Revolutionizing Information or High School All Over Again?

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twittering, Self-Improvement, Twitter, The Buddha, Wisdom 2.0, Tweets, Self-Realization, Media News
Soren Gordhamer

Many people see Twitter as a democratizing tool that will radically change how people share and receive information online. Others see it as the epitome of self-promotion run amok.

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